14.7% ▼ -23.2%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.1%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Tarrawanna · Suburb / Locality
Language in Tarrawanna
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A growing number of people in Tarrawanna now speak a language other than English at home. While this trend is more common here than in most similar areas, the overall percentage of non-English speakers remains well below the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 14.7% of residents use a language other than English at home, with Italian being the most common at 3.2%. This is much higher than in most similar areas, though the 1.6% who speak little or no English is still a little below the Australian average.
1.6% ▼ -16.8%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 1.6%
Share of people who use another language at home and speak English not well or not at all. No 2011 figure — that census only asked proficiency of overseas-born residents.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Tarrawanna [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13784/tarrawanna/topic/language